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Institute of Soil and Water Conservation

In research, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#28 of 3,409 worldwide), Soil Science (#6 of 139 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#246 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Water Science and Technology and Ecology — Soil Science is 65.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,790
of 28,054 · #3,671 all time
Rank in China
#494
of 3,058
Research works
3.6k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Institute of Soil and Water Conservation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #28 of 3,409 42.7%311 #136
Soil ScienceSubfield #6 of 139 37.3%163 #23
Environmental ScienceField #246 of 3,551 34.3%346 #667
Life SciencesDomain #1,028 of 7,800 42.3%323 #1990
Physical SciencesDomain #1,987 of 12,888 33.7%491 #3920
EcologySubfield #92 of 578 37.3%87 #431
Plant ScienceSubfield #449 of 1,395 48.0%82 #785
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #189 of 535 32.4%82 #485
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #470 of 1,209 31.8%61 #1033
EngineeringField #4,043 of 6,636 30.8%63 #3163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Soil and Water Conservation sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#136 #28
  2. Soil Science#23 #6
  3. Environmental Science#667 #246
  4. Life Sciences#1,990 #1,028
  5. Physical Sciences#3,920 #1,987
  6. Ecology#431 #92
  7. Plant Science#785 #449
  8. Global and Planetary Change#485 #189
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,033 #470
  10. Engineering#3,163 #4,043
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Institute of Soil and Water Conservation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 65.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 163.4 works65×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 57.9 works13×
  3. EcologySubfield · 86.5 works13×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 82.3 works13×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 21.3 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7.85× its world share, 311 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.68× its world share, 61 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.36× its world share, 346 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Soil and Water Conservation?

Ranked on the composite score, Guobin Liu, Guoliang Wang and Zhouping Shangguan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Soil and Water Conservation.

  1. 1 Guobin Liu China · #45,801 worldwide 433 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Guoliang Wang China · #132,292 worldwide 269 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Zhouping Shangguan China · #146,243 worldwide 466 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Sha Xue China · #153,439 worldwide 334 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Fenli Zheng China · #175,803 worldwide 242 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Wang Bing China · #198,517 worldwide 0 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Shiqing Li China · #231,396 worldwide 299 citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Juying Jiao China · #264,583 worldwide 145 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Mingxiang Xu China · #289,469 worldwide 144 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Shaoshan An China · #324,490 worldwide 209 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Soil and Water Conservation

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Soil and Water Conservation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Land Use Change, Ecosystem Functioning, Remote Sensing, Sediment Transport, Microbial Communities, Soil Degradation and Global Carbon Budget.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change295▲ 13×54 topics
  2. Land Use Change132▲ 52×7 topics
  3. Ecosystem Functioning93▲ 59×5 topics
  4. Remote Sensing89▲ 8.6×29 topics
  5. Sediment Transport77▲ 57×6 topics
  6. Microbial Communities74▲ 21×8 topics
  7. Soil Degradation72▲ 162×2 topics
  8. Global Carbon Budget71▲ 118×2 topics
  9. Agricultural Sustainability71▲ 75×3 topics
  10. Soil Carbon Sequestration70▲ 111×2 topics
  11. Sediment Transport Models70▲ 219×1 topic
  12. Soil Erosion70▲ 219×1 topic
  13. Soil Fertility70▲ 37×5 topics
  14. Nutrient Limitation68▲ 78×2 topics
  15. Biochar Application66▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Nitrogen Cycle66▲ 126×1 topic
  17. Water Resources60▲ 30×6 topics
  18. Sustainability57▲ 2.8×29 topics
  19. Ecosystem Resilience51▲ 42×5 topics
  20. Hydrological Modeling48▲ 25×5 topics
  21. Global Change45▲ 21×6 topics
  22. Drought38▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Evapotranspiration38▲ 59×2 topics
  24. Model Evaluation38▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Global Hydrology36▲ 64×1 topic
  26. Uncertainty Assessment36▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Biodiversity34▲ 5.4×13 topics
  28. Carbon Balance34▲ 87×1 topic
  29. Tree Mortality34▲ 87×1 topic
  30. Soil Moisture32▲ 55×5 topics
  31. Hydrology30▲ 29×4 topics
  32. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 8.8×9 topics
  33. Ecosystem Services26▲ 8.2×10 topics
  34. Global Warming26▲ 7.7×9 topics
  35. Hydraulic Conductivity26▲ 70×2 topics
  36. Soil Hydraulic Properties26▲ 95×1 topic
  37. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics26▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Biomass Estimation24▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Urbanization24▲ 7.1×6 topics
  40. Ecosystem23▲ 26×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Soil and Water Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil erosion and sediment transport, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Soil erosion and sedimen…70Soil erosion and sediment transport: 70 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…66Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 66 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 36 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 34 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 26 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…22Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 22 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 19 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 17 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 16 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 16 fractional works
Soil ScienceWater Science and TechnologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 70 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 66 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 36 works
  4. 4 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 34 works
  5. 5 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 26 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 22 works
  7. 7 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 19 works
  8. 8 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 17 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 16 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available26.0%not open74.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Soil and Water Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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